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Old Posted Apr 13, 2012, 4:31 AM
KHOOLE KHOOLE is offline
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Smile First Metro in Paris

For those who may be interested, the word Metro for a subway ("tube" in London) goes back to the Paris World's Fair of 1900, when the subway then built was called "Compagnie de chemin de fer metropolitain de Paris". The name was shortened to "metropolitain" and then to "metro".
When Montreal built its subway in 1966, they picked up on that nickname and called it "Metro de Montreal".
I have used the Paris Metro and it's very functional. Just as in Barcelona, you can go anywhere in town quickly and cheaply. It is mostly underground, has over 200 kms of lines and more than 300 stops. Some stations are also very artistic.
I think that MetrO is a good name for Ottawa's LRT although I favour TranspO because it would be less of a copycat name.
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